March 16 – Abbie Gardner with Rupert Wates

Abbie Gardner, the fiery Dobro player with an infectious smile toured with Americana darlings Red Molly for eleven years. Tales of love and loss, both gritty and sweet, ride the back of her by-now familiar, formidable slide guitar licks.

Rupert Wates is a multi-award winning, internationally touring, singer/songwriter, based in the US. Rupert Wates’ music is an eclectic mix of acoustic, melodic art/folk, with flavors of jazz, vaudeville and cabaret. He has released nine solo CDs. He averages 120 live shows every year, in front of audiences totaling more than 3,500, in acoustic venues in every state in America, in Canada and in Europe. In 2018, Wates was a Finalist in the Kerrville New Folk Song Contest, and an Emerging Artist at Falconridge Folk Festival.